This edition seeks to evaluate Antonio's Revenge not merely as a literary text but as a drama for a particular company, in a specific theatre. The scholarly introduction explores the high degree of originality in Marston's dramatic techniques and establishes him as a leading innovator in both the language and the dramaturgy of his day. Ostensibly the second part of Antonio and Mellida, a satiric romance published in 1599, Antonio's Revenge differs in both theme and linguistic style. Reavley Gair offers an insightful analysis of the play's relationship with Shakespeare's Hamlet -- written at about the same time -- and a new interpretation of the relations between dramatic companies at the Globe and the Paul's Theatre.
- ISBN10 0719015014
- ISBN13 9780719015014
- Publish Date 25 April 1986
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 4 December 1992
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Manchester University Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 187
- Language English